Richard Hayes

Richard Hayes is
executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society, in Oakland,
California, a nonprofit public affairs organization supporting responsible
social governance of the new human genetic technologies.
He previously served as national director of volunteer development, and
assistant political director for the Sierra Club, and as Chair of the Sierra
Club's Global Warming Campaign Committee. Mr. Hayes has worked as a political
organizer for a wide range of environmental and social and economic justice
organizations. He is completing a doctoral dissertation at the University of
California at Berkeley.